The first racket of Ukraine and the sixth racket of the planet Elina Svitolina decided to try herself in a new sport.
Svitolina played tennis on the water before the competition in China. Note that the opponent of Elina was a local tennis player - Li Na.
The exhibition match was held on the court, which was located on the river.
The tournament, which will take part Svitolina, has a prize fund of $ 2.6 million.
Among the Ukrainian women, besides Elina, there will also be Lesia Tsurenko.
Soptolina Svitolina will be the winner of the pair between Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) and Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spain). Tsurenko, in turn, will meet with Russian woman Daria Kasatkina.